VOLUME 2: Vegetation Community Profiles - Coffs Harbour City ...

CH_H03Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesGround 0-0.3 75-90 Themeda australis, Pultenaea maritima, Cynodon dactylon, Zoysiamacrantha, Hibbertia vestita, Melanthera biflora.* Data collated from 6 of 7 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThere is variation in the abundance of grasses such as Prickly Couch (Zoysia macrantha) and Blue Couch (Cynodondactylon) and shrubs such as Coastal Bush-pea (Pultenaea maritima).ExoticsChrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata, Conyza bonariensis, Gamochaeta spicata,Hypochaeris radicata, Paspalum mandiocanum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Plantago lanceolata, Poa annua,Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Senecio madagascariensis, Sporobolus africanus, Stenotaphrum secundatum, TaraxacumofficinaleSpecies richnessNumber of plots 7Total native species 53Average number of species 16 ±2.0Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (20ha) and Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (12ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 12Freehold 1Nature Reserve 12Regional Park 21TOTAL 46Endangered Ecological Community: Themeda grassland on seacliffs and coastal headlands on the NSW NorthCoast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions EECThreatened and Rare plants: Plectranthus cremnus, Pultenaea maritima, Thesium australe, Zieria prostrataRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_H06 (Coast Headland Banksia) and CH_SW05 (Twig Rush Headland Sedgeland Soaks).EquivalentsBiometric: NR271- Themeda australis sod tussock grassland of coastal areas of the North CoastOther: SG6302 - 3513 Headland Heath and Grassland (Fisher et al. 1996).LocationsSawtell Headland, Boambee Headland, Corambirra Point, Macauley’s Headland, Korora Headland, Green Bluff;Look-at-me-now Headland; Dammerels Headland, Diggers Point; Bare Bluff; Woolgoolga Headland; MullawayHeadland; Ocean View Headland; Arrawarra Headland; Red Rock Headland.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 257